So... a couple things, from one farmer to another. One, while the glue may help hold the handle on the first fork, physics has been working wonders for years. Take a thin sloped wedge or two - like a small chopstick that tapers towards one end - and put them in the hole, leaving just enough room so that you can get the tang of your tool head in between, and then tamp it into the hole. This will drive the wedges in with the head, compressing head and wedges into the handle in such a way that you'll have to really want to pull it out (and likely need mechanical assistance) to separate them again. If you're just putting a wooden rod into a hole, you can cut a slot in the rod and then just barely tap a flat wedge in, thin end facing into the rod, and then insert the rod into the hole and tamp it in. Same principle applies but even better - as the rod goes into the hole, the wedge is driven into the rod, expanding it and holding it in place. Second thing - I'm 6 minutes in and watched you slice half a metal cylinder up one side fairly easily using your angle grinder, and now I'm watching you struggle with a screwdriver and pliers to pry the cylinder off. Are you saving it? I'd have cut the plastic one off in favor of the metal, but that's just me. Anywho, you've got 360 access and an angle grinder, so pick it up and slice the other side of the same cylinder, and it'll fall off. No prying required.
@bigbearhomestead Жыл бұрын
Good points thanks for sharing and watching. To be honest I didn't even think of flipping it over .
@SempreGumby27 күн бұрын
Thanks.
@bigbearhomestead23 күн бұрын
You're welcome
@JohnnieA13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind video. I believe you have the fork heads on in the wrong orientation, by 180 degrees.
@bigbearhomestead3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, but I got it right, I don't think that there really is a wrong side of the handle. Hope you hit the subscribe button and rang the bell so you can catch future videos and live shows
@donaldsmith88883 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I'll definitely be doing this here soon.
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Awesome let us know how it turned out.
@wayradbrad1392 жыл бұрын
I put the broken pitchfork end with the steel cover in a fire and burned the wood out.
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@thayne5592 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking too
@chip525611 ай бұрын
Wow, the amount of work that second took would make me just buy a new pitchfork. My pitchfork also broke like that. I drilled out as much as possible and took the rest to my barbecue grill. I fired up some coals and sat the tines in the coals and let it burn the remainder out. Just an idea.
@bigbearhomestead11 ай бұрын
I thought about doing that, but I wondered if it would have weakened the metal?
@JimVincitore3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Very cool! Thanks!
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell. Hope this video helped you
@shirleyjgarland357610 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@bigbearhomestead10 ай бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for watching
@PetesLittleHomestead604 жыл бұрын
Nice Job Jason ! I Was Waiting for that glue to Sqirt you When you pushed the fork into the handle ! You Got lucky though ! Nice job !
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@OldWaysNewTimes4 жыл бұрын
Good job!
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@ravincathomestead-cecilia28944 жыл бұрын
Great work
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading2 жыл бұрын
heya nice repair of your tools keep up the good work
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
That pitchfork is still going strong
@Detroit-gx5nd2 жыл бұрын
I don’t trust anyone talking garden tools unless there’s a barn in the background and a rooster crowing in the distance
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
That's sad, you are going to miss out on some great information. Cause when I do repairs they are done in or around my shop. Not in the chicken coop or the barn. Unless I need to borrow a wrench from the cow.. thanks for watching.
@Detroit-gx5nd2 жыл бұрын
@@bigbearhomestead aw I’m just joking with you man since you were in front of the barn and the rooster was crowing
@richardberner87112 жыл бұрын
The best thing that glue does is keep moisture out.
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
That pitch fork is still going strong, Thanks for watching hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell . So you can catch future DIY videos and More!!
@johnclarke6647 Жыл бұрын
You do not have to cut the metal cooler off, completely. I just cut mine back about three inches and then spread the end of the cooler with a screwdriver. I then just pulled the tines out. I had my hammer ready incase I had to tap them out. I did not. I installed the tines in a new handle the same way you did - wire wheeled the tang and coated it and the hole with glue.. I then drove them into the handle with a hammer.
@bigbearhomestead Жыл бұрын
Well it's like they say, there is always more than one way to get the job done. Thanks for sharing your way and watching our video.
@tonylarson1960able4 жыл бұрын
Gorilla glue is the best I use it all the time! Great video! God bless! Tony n Lee Ann
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
It sure is!
@joshgross87414 ай бұрын
How has it been holding up?
@bigbearhomestead4 ай бұрын
It was doing great right up until my daughter ran over the handle with the tractor
@tjmiller42694 жыл бұрын
Harbor freight grinder? i love mine got it on sale for like 9 bucks the lady at check out asked me do you want the extended warranty i gave her the look and before i could say really she seen my face and said sorry i have to ask...lol
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@tcm6756 Жыл бұрын
REALLY unsafe grinder use.
@bigbearhomestead Жыл бұрын
How so?
@robertclark49292 жыл бұрын
Handles cost more than new tools.
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
What handles are.you buying?
@iohin3 жыл бұрын
Gorilla glue? Brilliant! I usually just use duct tape
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
That pitch fork is still going strong. Simple repair that saved us some money
@ericsmith89962 жыл бұрын
What about a Root Fork they take a lot more of a beating popping out roots and the levrege and pressure put on a plastic sleeve and gorila glue tip does not seem like it will go the mile but then I have not tryed yet but?? Good video other wise and completely right on the aspect of being in the mood, ready to roll , out there hustlin' Makin ' good time workin' on a beautiful day and head fly's off ( that had me laughing ! Been there many times ) always seems to be that day though when everything else is going well ! Sometimes gods' a real asshole ! I spite him and bring two of everything to the job now
@bigbearhomestead2 жыл бұрын
The root fork is great for helping bust up ground but not sling hay and this video was more about replacing a handle than anything. It just happened to be a pitchfork. Thanks for watching. Hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell
@irishguy2000075 ай бұрын
Throw it in the bushes.
@bigbearhomestead5 ай бұрын
Why waist a good pitchfork?
@irishguy2000075 ай бұрын
@@bigbearhomestead To True indeed.
@michaelschofield4503 жыл бұрын
Worst idea I've ever heard of, glue on a hand tool that I use all the time.
@bigbearhomestead3 жыл бұрын
Sorry you feel that way but it has been almost a year and the pitch fork is still going strong and we use it everyday right now. We are moving woodchips, spent hay, grass clipping and compost. Sometimes the best things come from "bad ideas" . Thanks for watching, hope you hit that subscribe button and rang the bell so you can see future videos and livestream.
@b.n.47653 жыл бұрын
When those handles break again you won’t be able to use those pitchfork heads anymore.
@bigbearhomestead3 жыл бұрын
Why is that?
@hammer1bad3 жыл бұрын
They will always be repairable the old glue would come off with a metal wire wheel